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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC courses? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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